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Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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View over part of the upper dumps and the Nya Schaktet (New Shaft) headframe at Långban

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Collecting at Trädgårdsvarpen

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Collegie gruvan

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
View over part of the upper dumps and the Nya Schaktet (New Shaft) headframe at Långban

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Collecting at Trädgårdsvarpen

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Collegie gruvan

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
View over part of the upper dumps and the Nya Schaktet (New Shaft) headframe at Långban

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Collecting at Trädgårdsvarpen

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
 
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 59° 51' 12'' North , 14° 15' 33'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 59.8536111111, 14.2594444444
Name(s) in local language(s):Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sverige
Other regions containing this locality:Scandinavia


Metamorphosed manganese-iron deposit with extremely complex skarns and pegmatites. Around 300 minerals have been found here, of which 30 minerals have been found only here. See also the related deposits of Jakobsberg and Harstigen.

NB. It is prohibited by Swedish law to collect at certain places in Långban.

Hyalophane from Långban contains 3.1 ppm Tl on average (Rader et al., 2015).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Adelite (TL)

ⓘ Aegirine

ⓘ Aegirine-augite

ⓘ var: Urbanite (FRL)

ⓘ Aikinite

ⓘ Akrochordite (TL)

ⓘ Alamosite

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ Algodonite

ⓘ Allactite

ⓘ Allanite-(Ce)

ⓘ Alleghanyite

ⓘ 'α-Vredenburgite' (FRL)

ⓘ Altaite

ⓘ Aminoffite (TL)

ⓘ Andalusite

ⓘ Andradite

ⓘ Anhydrite

ⓘ Antigorite

ⓘ Antimony

ⓘ 'Apatite'

ⓘ 'Apophyllite'

ⓘ Aragonite

ⓘ Arakiite (TL)

ⓘ Armangite (TL)

ⓘ Arsenic

ⓘ Arseniopleite

ⓘ Arsenoclasite (TL)

ⓘ Arsenopyrite

ⓘ Awaruite

ⓘ Azurite

ⓘ Banalsite

ⓘ Barylite (TL)

ⓘ Barysilite

ⓘ Baryte

ⓘ Barytocalcite

ⓘ Bementite

ⓘ Benstonite

ⓘ Bergslagite (TL)

ⓘ Berzeliite (TL)

ⓘ Betekhtinite

ⓘ 'Bindheimite'

ⓘ 'Biotite'

ⓘ 'var: Manganophyllite'

ⓘ Bismuth

ⓘ Bismuthinite

ⓘ Bixbyite

ⓘ Blatterite

ⓘ Blixite (TL)

ⓘ Bornite

ⓘ Brandtite

ⓘ Braunite

ⓘ Britvinite (TL)

ⓘ Bromellite (TL)

ⓘ Brucite

ⓘ Brugnatellite

ⓘ Bustamite

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ Caryinite (TL)

ⓘ Caryopilite

ⓘ Cassiterite

ⓘ Celsian

ⓘ Cerussite

ⓘ 'Chabazite'

ⓘ Chalcocite

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

ⓘ Chondrodite

ⓘ Chrysotile

ⓘ Clinochlore

ⓘ var: Pennine

ⓘ 'Clinochrysotile'

ⓘ Clinohumite

ⓘ Clinozoisite

ⓘ Cobaltite

ⓘ Cobaltpentlandite

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Cordierite

ⓘ Covellite

ⓘ Crednerite

ⓘ Cubanite

ⓘ Cuprite

ⓘ Cuprostibite

ⓘ Cymrite

ⓘ Datolite

ⓘ Digenite

ⓘ Diopside

ⓘ var: Schefferite

ⓘ Dixenite (TL)

ⓘ Djurleite

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ Domeykite

ⓘ Dravite

ⓘ Ecdemite (TL)

ⓘ Epidote

ⓘ Ericssonite (TL)

ⓘ 'Ericssonite-2O' (FRL)

ⓘ Eveite (TL)

ⓘ Feitknechtite

ⓘ Ferri-winchite ?

ⓘ Ferro-actinolite

ⓘ Filipstadite (TL)

ⓘ Finnemanite (TL)

ⓘ Flinkite

ⓘ Fluorapatite

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ 'Fluornatroroméite'

ⓘ 'Fluoro-arfvedsonite' ?

ⓘ Forsterite

ⓘ Franklinite

ⓘ Fredrikssonite (TL)

Freedite (TL)

ⓘ Freieslebenite

ⓘ Friedelite

ⓘ Gabrielsonite (TL)

ⓘ Gahnite

ⓘ Galaxite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ Ganomalite (TL)

ⓘ Ganophyllite

ⓘ Gasparite-(Ce)

ⓘ Gatedalite (TL)

ⓘ Gedrite

ⓘ Glauconite

ⓘ Goethite

Gonyerite (TL)

ⓘ Graphite

ⓘ Grossular

ⓘ var: Hibschite

ⓘ 'Grossular-Hibschite Series'

ⓘ Gypsum

ⓘ Hancockite

ⓘ Harmotome

ⓘ Hausmannite

ⓘ Hedenbergite

ⓘ Hedyphane (TL)

ⓘ Heliophyllite (TL)

ⓘ Helvine

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ Hematolite

ⓘ Hiärneite (TL)

ⓘ Hisingerite

ⓘ Hörnesite

ⓘ Hyalotekite (TL)

ⓘ Hydrocerussite (TL)

ⓘ Hydrotalcite

ⓘ Hydroxycalcioroméite

ⓘ Hyttsjöite (TL)

ⓘ Ilvaite

ⓘ Inesite

ⓘ Ingersonite (TL)

ⓘ Iwakiite

ⓘ Jacobsite

ⓘ Jagoite (TL)

Joesmithite (TL)

ⓘ Johannsenite

ⓘ Julgoldite-(Fe2+) (TL)

ⓘ Julgoldite-(Fe3+) (TL)

ⓘ Kaolinite

ⓘ Katoptrite

ⓘ Kentrolite (TL)

ⓘ Kinoshitalite

ⓘ Koutekite

ⓘ Kutnohorite

ⓘ 'Lamprophanite'

ⓘ Lanarkite

ⓘ Långbanite (TL)

ⓘ Långbanshyttanite (TL)

ⓘ Laumontite

ⓘ Lead

ⓘ Lepidocrocite

ⓘ Leucophoenicite

ⓘ Litharge

ⓘ Lizardite

ⓘ Löllingite

ⓘ Ludwigite

Macedonite

ⓘ Magnesioferrite

ⓘ Magnesio-hastingsite

ⓘ Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ Magnetoplumbite (TL)

ⓘ Magnussonite (TL)

ⓘ Malachite

ⓘ Manganarsite (TL)

ⓘ Manganberzeliite (TL)

ⓘ Manganhumite

ⓘ Manganite

ⓘ Manganohörnesite (TL)

ⓘ Manganosite

ⓘ Manganostibite

ⓘ Marcasite

ⓘ Margarosanite

ⓘ Marialite

ⓘ Massicot

ⓘ Melanotekite (TL)

ⓘ Mendipite

ⓘ Microcline

ⓘ var: Hyalophane

ⓘ Mimetite

ⓘ var: Campylite

ⓘ Minium

ⓘ Molybdenite

ⓘ Molybdophyllite (TL)

ⓘ Monazite-(Ce)

ⓘ 'Monimolite'

ⓘ Montmorillonite

ⓘ Muscovite

ⓘ Nadorite

ⓘ Nasonite

ⓘ Natrolite

ⓘ Neotocite

ⓘ Nisbite

ⓘ Norsethite

ⓘ Olmiite

ⓘ Opal

ⓘ Orpiment

ⓘ Orthoclase

ⓘ Orthopinakiolite (TL)

ⓘ Oxycalcioroméite

ⓘ Oxyplumboroméite

ⓘ Pargasite

ⓘ Parwelite (TL)

ⓘ Paulmooreite (TL)

ⓘ Pectolite

ⓘ Pentlandite

ⓘ Periclase

ⓘ Perite (TL)

ⓘ Phenakite

ⓘ 'Phillipsite'

ⓘ Philolithite (TL)

ⓘ Phlogopite

ⓘ 'Picrotephroite'

ⓘ Piemontite

ⓘ Pinakiolite (TL)

ⓘ var: Sb-rich pinakiolite

ⓘ Plumbonacrite

ⓘ 'Potassic-richterite'

ⓘ Powellite

ⓘ Prehnite

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ Pyroaurite (TL)

ⓘ 'Pyroaurite-2H' (FRL)

ⓘ Pyrobelonite (TL)

ⓘ Pyrochroite

ⓘ var: Hydrohausmannite (FRL)

ⓘ Pyrolusite

ⓘ Pyrophanite

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

ⓘ Quartz

Quenselite (TL)

ⓘ Rammelsbergite

ⓘ Realgar

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

ⓘ Rhodonite

ⓘ Richterite (TL)

ⓘ var: Astochite

ⓘ var: Marmairolite

ⓘ Roeblingite

'Roméite Group'

ⓘ 'var: Atopite'

ⓘ 'var: Mauzeliite'

ⓘ 'var: Weslienite'

ⓘ Roquesite

ⓘ Rouseite (TL)

ⓘ Rutile

ⓘ Sahlinite (TL)

ⓘ Sarkinite

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

ⓘ Senaite

ⓘ Senarmontite

ⓘ Sepiolite

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ Sillimanite

ⓘ Silver

ⓘ Sonolite

ⓘ Spessartine

ⓘ Sphalerite

ⓘ Spinel

ⓘ Spionkopite

ⓘ Stannoidite

ⓘ Stenhuggarite (TL)

ⓘ Stevensite

ⓘ Stibarsen

ⓘ Stibnite

ⓘ 'Stilbite'

ⓘ Stolzite

ⓘ Sundiusite (TL)

ⓘ Svabite

ⓘ Svanbergite

ⓘ Sverigeite (TL)

ⓘ Swedenborgite (TL)

ⓘ Synadelphite

ⓘ Takéuchiite (TL)

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ Taramellite

ⓘ Tegengrenite

ⓘ Tennantite

ⓘ Tephroite

ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite

ⓘ Tetrahedrite

ⓘ Tetrawickmanite

ⓘ Thaumasite

ⓘ Thomsonite-Ca

ⓘ Tilasite (TL)

ⓘ Titanite

ⓘ Todorokite

ⓘ Topaz

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

ⓘ Tremolite

ⓘ Trigonite (TL)

ⓘ Trimerite

ⓘ Turneaureite (TL)

ⓘ 'UM1983-30-AsO:FeHMgMnZn'

ⓘ 'UM1986-05-AsO:HMn'

ⓘ 'UM1986-06-AsO:HMn'

ⓘ Valentinite

ⓘ Valleriite

ⓘ Vanadinite

ⓘ Vesuvianite

ⓘ Welinite (TL)

ⓘ Welshite (TL)

ⓘ Wermlandite (TL)

ⓘ Wickmanite (TL)

ⓘ Wiklundite (TL)

ⓘ Willemite

ⓘ Wittichenite

ⓘ Wollastonite

ⓘ Xonotlite

ⓘ Zenzénite (TL)

ⓘ Zircon

ⓘ Zoisite


296 valid minerals. 72 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 5 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.

Localities in this Region

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References

Sjögren, A. (1886) Mineralogiska notiser XII. Fynd af allaktit i Långbans grufvor. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlinger. 8: 473-474.

Flink, G. (1891) Mineralogische Notizen III, 5. Braunit von Langbanshyttan, Meddelanden fran Stockholms Högskola, Vol. 115, pp. 3-9.

Flink, G. (1891) Mineralogische Notizen III, 7. Kentrolith von Langbanshyttan, Meddelanden fran Stockholms Högskola, Vol. 115, pp. 14-20.

Sjögren, H. (1895) Preliminära meddelanden om några undersökningar på svenska mineral. 4. Tilasit eller fluor-adelit från Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 17, 291-294.

Flink, G. (1920) Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 42, 436.

Flink, G. (1927) Förteckning på Stockholms Högskolas samling av nya eller ofullständigt beskrivna mineral från Långban (fortsättning).Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 49, 138-142.

von Eckermann, H. (1927) A new Manganese-Chlorite from Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 49, 450-454.

Magnusson, N.H. (1930) Långbans malmtrakt. Geologisk beskrivning. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning. Serie Ca 23.

Hurlbut, C. S. (1937) Aminoffite, a new mineral from Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 59, 290-292.

Mason, B. (1942) Bixbyite from Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 64, 117-125.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 857, 900, 927, 1021, 1028, 1032, 1033, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1040.

Gabrielson, O. (1956) Magnussonite, a new arsenite mineral from the Långban mine, Sweden. Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi. 2, 133-135.

Kautz, K. (1967) Faseriger Hedyphan yon Långban (Schweden): eine orientierte Verwachsung mit Antigorit. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 14, 224-228 (in German).

Burke, E.A.J. and Kieft, C. (1971) Second occurrence of makedonite [macedonite], PbTiO3, Langban, Sweden. Lithos. 4, 101–104.

Dunn, P.J. (1978) Tungstenian tetrawickmanite from Långban. Mineralogical Record. 9, 41.

Boström, K., Rydell, H., and Joensuu, O. (1979) Långban - An exhalative sedimentary deposit? Economic Geology. 74, 1002-1011.

Rocks & Minerals. (1983) 58: 288.

Hansen, S., Fälth, L., Petersen, O.V. & Johnson, O. (1984) Bergslagite, a new mineral species from Långban, Sweden: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte. 1984, 257-262.

Hansen, S. , Fälth, L. & Johnsen, O. (1984) Bergslagite , a mineral with tetrahedral berylloarsenate sheet anions. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 160, 73-80.

Rocks & Minerals. (1985) 60: 237-242.

Burke, E. A. J. (1986) Koutekite and some other opaque minerals new for Långban, Sweden. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte. 1986, 59-64.

Rocks & Minerals. (1987) 62, 166.

Rocks & Minerals. (1988) 63, 456.

Nysten, P. (1988) Cassiterite from Långban, Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar.110, 292.

Mofjell, E. (1990) Aragonit, Långban. Långbansnytt. vol 6. [reprinted in: Långbansnytt. De första 20 åren 1983-2003. Långbansällskapet - Skrifter och rapporter. 2, 48].

Blatter, F. (1997) Bergbau in Langban, Sweden. Aufschluss. 48 (2), 97-123. (in German).

Holtstam, D. & Langhof, J. eds. (1999) Långban: The mines, their minerals, geology and explorers. Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 216.

Jonsson, E. and Broman, C. (2002) Fluid inclusions in late-stage Pb–Mn–As–Sb mineral assemblages in the Långban deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden. Canadian Mineralogist. 40, 47-65.

Christy, A.G. & Gatedal, K. (2005) Extremely Pb-rich rock-forming silicates including a beryllian scapolite and associated minerals in a skarn from Långban, Värmland, Sweden. Mineralogical Magazine. 69, 995-1018.

Jonsson, E. & Hålenius, U. (2010) Mn3+ bearing pargasite from the Långban Fe-Mn oxide mineralisation, Bergslagen, Sweden. GFF. 132: 167-172.

Rader, S., Mazdab, F., Barton, M. (2015) A Survey of thallium concentrations in igneous and hydrothermal minerals. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstracts, pdf. no. 2570.

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